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We have to all stick together during difficult times

Street Roots editorial The City has signaled that many community organizations and others serving Portland citizens are in for some hard times. From neighborhood groups to cycling and walking advocates, to homeless and housing services and after-school pr ...

14 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Invest in Portland from the grassroots up

Experiencing a city like Portland doesn’t just happen by accident. From our creative neighborhoods to our lush urban forests, we are proud of the environment in which we live. We have some of the best music and arts on earth. We are humane and care for on ...

20 Dec 2012 - Israel Bayer
Catholic Worker legacy alive and well in Portland

Catholic Worker legacy alive and well in Portland Street Roots editorial Sept 14, 2012 It’s been more than 30 years since Dorothy Day died, but her spirit remains alive and well. She was the founder and virtual personification of the Catholic Worker movem ...

25 Sep 2012 - Street Roots
Oregon’s new Medicaid system a beacon for nation

Oregon’s new Medicaid system a beacon for nation Street Roots editorial Health care costs are sucking the life out of Americans. It’s true. The United States spends more than any other country on health care: More than $2 trillion each year. That’s 17 per ...

15 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
Investing in Portland safety net pays off in lives, community

Investing in Portland safety net pays off in lives, community Street Roots editorial: Portland’s long-standing safety net provides a basic level of security that we all deserve. In particular, when people have a safe, stable, affordable place to live they ...

28 Mar 2012 - Street Roots
SR editorial: Walking beats key to keeping our streets safe

SR editorial: Walking beats key to keeping our streets safe Street Roots and its vendors witness and experience both legal policies and illegal activities that play out on the streets of Portland. That’s why when law enforcement and community groups targe ...

1 Feb 2012 - Street Roots
SR Editorial: There is still time to make the right choice for veterans

SR Editorial: There is still time to make the right choice for veterans Abraham Flexner, an American educator, said decades ago, “Nations have recently been led to borrow billions (now trillions) for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. ...

19 Jan 2012 - Street Roots
Housing, not bullets and more training can help end the violence, death...

Housing, not bullets and more training can help end the violence, death... Street Roots editorial from the January 7, edition “Whenever I see the police kill another homeless person, my heart cries out and I shed a tear. When is enough, enough? These peop ...

10 Jan 2011 - Street Roots
With representatives like these...

With representatives like these... Street Roots editorial from the December 10 edition... The federal response to the American people, both locally and around the country over the past two weeks is disturbing on many levels. Extending the Bush-era tax to ...

14 Dec 2010 - Street Roots
Editorial: Lessons in housing relocation demand change

Editorial: Lessons in housing relocation demand change In “Times up at the West,” (Street Roots, Nov. 12) we highlighted both the challenges and successes of the Macdonald Center to create 42 units of affordable housing in downtown Portland. They’re doing ...

26 Nov 2010 - Street Roots